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Monitor and Merrimac [sic], first fight between ironclads

Description: Image of the naval battle between the ironclad ships Monitor and Merrimack in the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8–9, 1862, during the American Civil War.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1886
Call number: priJLC_PRG_002018
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last Collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the Louis Prang archive was transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

The great fight between the “Merrimac” & “Monitor,” March 9th 1862

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Image of Union and Confederate ironclad ships the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (also called the Merrimac or Merrimack), steamships & sailing ships engaged in battle at sea during the American Civil War.

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Battle between the Monitor and Merrimac

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Image of the naval battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (also called the Merrimac or Merrimack) from the coastline during the American Civil War; Union officers on horseback view ironclad warships attacking a Union battleship while soldiers and civilians rescue sailors from the water with lifeboats; soldiers fire cannons from fort at right.

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The first battle between "iron" ships of war

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Image of the 1862 Battle of Hampton Roads naval battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia (the renamed Merrimac); other ships involved, including the Cumberland, the Congress, and Confederate steamships the Jamestown and the Yorktown are also pictured.

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Capture of New Orleans, Farragut passing the forts by night

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Image of the American Civil War naval battle which led to the Union capture of New Orleans, Louisiana, under the command of David G. Farragut in 1862; several ships and ironclads face off amidst explosions and smoke.

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Timby’s cordon of revolving towers, for harbor defence [sic]

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Image of three towers spanning a channel with ships and sailboats in the water; information about how towers operated and attempts by inventor Theodore Timby to submit models of towers and of his ironclad ship technology to various governments in bottom margin.

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U.S. harbor & river monitor, Manhattan

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Image of the United States monitor the Manhattan sailing choppy seas with another ship visible in the background at left during the American Civil War.

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Monitor and Merrimac [sic], first fight between ironclads

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